'Cuse Set to Race at Spiked Shoe Invitational

Friday, September 9

University Park, PA

10 AM

Syracuse University

Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational

9/12/2024 3:37:00 PM | Cross Country

The Orange travel to Pennsylvania for the Spiked Shoe Invitational, hosted by Penn State on Friday, for their second race of the season.

MEET INFORMATION:
Location: University Park, PA | PSU Cross Country Course
Live Results: Here
Distance: Men: 5.2M | Women: 6k
Start times: Women: 10 a.m. | Men: 10:45 a.m.

PARTICIPATING TEAMS:
Army West Point, Bucknell, Columbia, Duquesne, Georgetown, Lehigh, Lock Haven, Loyola, Maryland, Missouri, Monmouth, Navy, Penn, Pitt, Princeton, St. Joseph's, Syracuse, Temple, UConn, UMBC, Buffalo, and West Virginia.

ORANGE ENTRIES:
The 'Cuse women are first in action at 10 a.m. The Orange will have its participants from an entered field of: Baneet Bains, Heidi Demeo, Emma Eastman, Beatriz Fernandes, Grace Finnegan, Jayden Harberts, Madeline Heintz, Nyah Hernandez, Justus Holden-Betts, Olivia Joly, Sarah Lawson, Rylie Lusk, Savannah Roark, Olivia Shattuck, and Bethany Steiner.
The men will run 45 minutes later, and pull from its field of: Connor Ackley, Benne Anderson, Alex Comerford, Julian Franjieh, Assaf Harari, Sam Lawler, Patrick Malone, Kamari Miller, Gabriel Planty, Ruben Rojas Betanzos, Ethan Wechsler.

LAST TIME OUT:
Both the Orange men and women won the Harry Lang Invitational to open up the season on Aug 31. The 'Cuse women secured 15 points to sweep the scoring, led by Baneet Bains who was the women's top finisher. The men took the top six places, led by Julian Franjieh won the race in the men's opener.

RANKING THE ORANGE:
The 'Cuse men are ranked No. 22 in the USTFCCCA Preseason Poll, and the women check in at No. 29. The first in-season poll will be released on Monday.